Reading old books : writing with traditions / Peter Mack.
| Author/creator | Mack, Peter, 1955- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019] |
| Description | xii, 237 pages : illustration ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: ideas of literary tradition -- Petrarch, scholarship, and traditions of love poetry -- Chaucer and Boccaccio's Il Filostrato -- Renaissance epics: Ariosto, Tasso, and Spenser -- Reading and community as a support for the new in Elizabeth Gaskell's Mary Barton -- European and African literary traditions in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's Wizard of the Crow -- Conclusion: writers' and readers' traditions. |
| Abstract | "In literary and cultural studies, "tradition" is a word everyone uses but few address critically. In Reading Old Books, Pter Mack offers a wide-ranging exploration of the creative power of literary exploration of the creative power of literary tradition, from the middle ages to the twenty-first century, revealing in new ways how it helps writers and readers make new works and meanings."--Dust jacket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-231) and index. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 0691194009 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780691194004 (hardcover) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN671 .M33 2019 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |